Protective guard for the throat area

Abstract

A neck collar having a guard at its front for shielding the throat area from any violent striking force thereagainst; the guard including an air-inflated padding which upon its front side is shielded by a metal grill.

I claim: 
     
       1. A protective guard for a throat area, comprising in combination, a collar for being worn around a neck, and a shield at a front of said collar, said shield comprising an air bag on said collar, and a grill on a front side of said air bag; said grill being selectively detachable from said air bag by loop pile fastener means; said air bag being contoured to fit around an Adam's apple portion of said throat by means of a plurality of radiating straps between opposite inner and outer walls of said air bag so to maintain a contour for said Adam's apple.